NPR边听边练304:肯尼迪遇刺50周年

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　　Americans posing to remember where there were 50 years ago today when the country _1_ a president. Speaking at a ceremony near the site where John F Kennedy, the nation's 35th president, was felled by an assassin's bullet on Nov 22nd, 1963, Dallas mayor Michael Rawlings says it was an event that stun¹ the nation.

　　美国人要记住他们50年前的今天的样子，当时美国失去了一位总统。美国第35任总统约翰·肯尼迪于1963年11月22日遭遇暗杀者的枪击，今天在暗杀地附近举行了一场纪念仪式，达拉斯市长迈克尔·罗林斯表示，这是一起震惊全美的事件。

　　"A new era dawn and another wind a half century ago when hope and hatred² collided right here in Dallas, we watch the nightmarethrough reality that in our front yard our president had been taken from us."

　　“半个世纪以前，新时代到来，旧时代消逝，希望和怨恨在达拉斯交织，我们看到了现实中的噩梦，我们的总统在我们眼前被杀害。”

　　New marker _2_ at the site Dealey Plaza³ where the assassination⁴ _3_ featuring the last paragraph of a speech the president intended to deliver that night. More events are also held in other major US cities _4_ Boston and Washington today.

　　他在遇刺案发生地迪利广场，宣读了肯尼迪遇刺当天原定演讲中的最后一段演说。今天，包括波士顿和华盛顿在内的美国主要城市都举行了纪念仪式。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、stun

　　vt. 使震惊；打昏；给以深刻的印象

　　n. 昏迷；打昏；惊倒；令人惊叹的事物

　　eg:He's stunned⁵ by today's resignation of his longtime ally.

　　他被自己的长期助手今天的辞职所震惊。

　　eg:When they told me she was missing I was totally stunned.

　　当他们告诉我她不见了时，我完全惊呆了。

　　2、nightmare

　　n. 恶梦；梦魇般的经历

　　adj. 可怕的；噩梦似的

　　eg:All the victims still suffered nightmares.

　　所有的受害者仍为恶梦所扰。

　　参考答案：

　　1、lost 2、was unveiled

　　3、took place 4、including

1 stun   

vt.打昏，使昏迷，使震惊，使惊叹

参考例句：

• When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
• Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。

2 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

3 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

4 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

5 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。